Music Business South Korea

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Korean opera singer Kim Hojoong sells more than half a million physical copies of new album on day one of release

"It will certainly be the biggest classical album of the year worldwide and it highlights the quality and diversity of Korean music beyond just KPop."

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Spotify to launch in South Korea in first half of 2021

South Korea will become Spotify’s 93rd active market

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Big Hit’s Weverse app has been key to its $400m pandemic success. Now it’s expanding the tech to Universal Music Group artists.

Gracie Abrams, Alexander 23 and YUNGBLUD to become first US-signed artists to get Weverse fan communities

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Despite the pandemic, Big Hit Entertainment generated revenues of $436m in the first 9 months of 2020

New results shine light on BTS label's progress in IPO year

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Big Hit CEO Bang Si-hyuk now worth comfortably more than $2bn as BTS firm’s IPO takes flight in Korea

"We will uphold the stockholder's value in various terms by raising profitability, growth potential and contributions to society."

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K-Pop stars BTS draw nearly 1m to latest pay-per-view online concert – banking big money in the process

It's likely that the 'MAP OF THE SOUL ON:E' event generated over $35m

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BTS label Big Hit Entertainment confirms share pricing for IPO, carrying $4bn+ company valuation

Company will raise $820m through the IPO

Interviews

Writing Dynamite for BTS: ‘It’s taken a lot of years and a lot of work to get to this incredible, life-changing moment…’

David Stewart and Jessica Agombar, the 100% writers behind Dynamite, discuss being at the center of the hurricane